Articles tagged "Blu"

Whoever named the latest BLU phone must have had a terrible case of the flu that day. Meet the BLU Vivo One Plus – yes, basically a string of three fairly well known phone brands (although there is a space between “One” and “Plus”).
So, what’s...

BLU has announced and released a new smartphone today, the Vivo X. It comes with a 6-inch 1,440x720 18:9 touchscreen (that can achieve 520 nits of brightness), covered in Gorilla Glass 3. It has an 80% screen-to-body ratio.
The phone has four...

BLU recently pushed out an update to its Life One X2 smartphones that effectively resulted in units getting bricked. Specifically, the update process asked for a password to unlock/login, but users said the password they entered was being...

Miami-based smartphone manufacturer BLU has acknowledged a serious issue introduced by a recent update, saying they are currently investigating and trying to fix it. The acknowledgment came just hours ago on Facebook.
Owners of BLU Life One...

BLU has updated its Vivo series of smartphones with a new device. Dubbed Vivo 8L, the phone is powered by a MediaTek MT6753 SoC with octa-core, 1.3GHz processor, and sports a 5.3-inch HD display.
RAM is 3GB, while internal memory is 32GB. The...

BLU has launched a new smartphone, dubbed S1. The device is powered by MediaTek 6750 SoC with octa-core 1.5GHz CPU and sports a 5.2-inch HD display. RAM is 2GB, while internal memory is 16GB.
The handset features a 13MP main camera and a 5MP...

A new BLU smartphone has leaked. Dubbed S1, the device is listed on Sprint's coverage website, strongly indicating it will be made official soon. This would also make the S1 the first BLU device to work on Sprint.
While Sprint doesn't reveal...

Last week, Amazon suspended sales of BLU smartphones citing security reasons. The step came in the wake of reports that the devices still collect unauthorized personal data and sends it to a server based in China.
Well, looks like the matter has...

Miami-based smartphone manufacturer BLU has recently started pushing out a new update to its Life One X (2016) smartphone. Weighing in at around 1.3GB, the update bumps the Android version from Lollipop to Marshmallow (6.0).
No other changes...

The Miami-based smartphone manufacturer BLU has launched a new smartphone. Dubbed R1 Plus, the device is powered by MediaTek MT6737 SoC, and sports a 5.5-inch HD display. RAM options include 2GB and 3GB, while storage options include 16GB and...

BLU has launched a new smartphone, dubbed Life One X2 Mini. As the name suggests, it's a mini version of the Life One X2 that the company launched back in September last year. The Life One X2 Mini sports a 5-inch display, compared to the 5.2-inch...

BLU launched the Vivo 5R last September, and it's been available ever since in unlocked form for $199.99. That's not a very large amount of course, but what if you could have one of these devices for even less?
Well, you can now, but only if you...

Looks like a successor to the BLU Vivo XL will be outed soon. Dubbed Vivo XL2, the yet-to-be-announced device has been spotted on the website of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The image of the phone shows the white colored...

Miami-based smartphone manufacturer BLU has confirmed that around 120,000 of its phones were affected by a security breach. The issue - caused by a 3rd party application which had been collecting unauthorized personal data - has been fixed, the...

BLU is continuously pushing out decently specced and highly affordable Android smartphones, which it's selling in the US unlocked. Today it's time for the Life One X to get a successor, the imaginatively named BLU Life One X2.
The Life One X2 has...

BLU has announced a new smartphone today. It's called Vivo 5R and the company says it's a "refreshed" version of the Vivo 5 launched in February. We assume the word "successor" isn't in BLU's dictionary, but that's exactly what the Vivo 5R is to the...

The Pure XR handset that BLU teased a couple of weeks or so ago is now official. Not only that, but the device is already on sale at Amazon and Best Buy, priced at $299.99 unlocked.
So what do you get for that amount of cash? A 5.5-inch 1080p...

BLU Products is getting ready to announce its next flagship Android smartphone. This will be called BLU Pure XR and is set to become official on August 29. Today the company has started teasing the upcoming device, posting the image you can see...

The BLU Win HD LTE (X150E) phone has started receiving the Windows 10 Mobile update in India. Unfortunately, nothing else - including detailed change log - is currently available as the information is based on user reports.
Aside from the Win...